Proclamation

 

JEB BUSH

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

 

 

 

School Library Media Month 2004

 

 

WHEREAS

, learning to become effective users of information and ideas is

essential as Florida’s youth prepare for a future characterized by change; and

 

WHEREAS

, school library media centers provide access to information within the

school and to resources outside the school; and

 

WHEREAS

, school library programs promote literacy and the enjoyment of

reading; and

 

WHEREAS

, library media specialists play a vital role in the teaching and learning

process; and

 

WHEREAS

, promoting competencies in new and developing technologies is an

integral part of school library media programs; and

 

WHEREAS

, school library media programs are an important asset in the

education of the youth of the state;

 

NOW, THEREFORE

, I, Jeb Bush, Governor of the State of Florida, do hereby

extend greetings and best wishes to all observing April 2004, as

School Library Media

Month.

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,

I have

hereunto set my hand and caused the

Great Seal of the State of Florida to be

affixed at Tallahassee, the Capital, this

23rd day of March in the year of our

Lord two thousand four

 

 

 

GOVERNOR